Merit scholarship awards ranging from $5,000-15,000 per year for in-state students and $10,000-22,000 per year for out-of-state students.

Teachers may know some qualified high school students - thanks efamily member Dr. Marion Bonner for sharing! https://meyerhoff.umbc.edu/ Meyerhoff Scholars Program - UMBC Alumni News Her Science is the World’s Creating Technology that Protects Us- Rising Together Career Q&A: Robert Deloatch Q&A: Earnestine Baker Executive Director Emerita, Meyerhoff Scholars Program About the Meyerhoff Scholars Program The Meyerhoff Scholars Program is at the forefront of efforts to increase diversity among future leaders in science, technology, engineering and related fields. meyerhoff.umbc.edu The Meyerhoff Scholars Program invites your nominations for our thirty-fourth cohort! We encourage you to nominate high school seniors who exhibit a strong interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and/or Mathematics (STEM), even though some may have expressed an interest in attending other colleges or universities. Open to all high-achieving high school seniors who plan to pursue undergraduate studies in STEM, the program offers merit scholarship awards ranging from $5,000-15,000 per year for in-state students and $10,000-22,000 per year for out-of-state students. Nominees must: · have at least a "B" average in college-preparatory mathematics and science courses, · express a genuine interest in STEM, · plan to pursue graduate studies (PhD or the combined MD-PhD) in a STEM field, · have an interest in the advancement of underrepresented students in the sciences and related fields, and · earn outstanding SAT scores (if provided as UMBC and Meyerhoff are test-optional for Fall 2022 admission). Please visit this link to nominate one or as many students as you wish. We accept nominations on a rolling basis through December 1, when the nomination portal closes. Please be sure to include a current mailing address, telephone number, and personal email address for each nominee. Due to the COVID-19 response, email will be our primary means of communication with students during this application cycle. We encourage you to submit your nominees' personal email addresses (Gmail, Comcast, Verizon, Yahoo, etc.) as some high school email servers will not accept messages from our email service. The Meyerhoff online application portal closes on January 15, 2022. Thank you for taking time to consider nominating students for the Meyerhoff Program. Feel free to email our Program Staff at meyerhoff@umbc.edu with any questions. Hold fast to dreams, Keith Harmon _________________________ Keith M. Harmon Pronouns: He/Him/His (What's this?) Director Meyerhoff Scholars Program UMBC 410-455-3139 phone meyerhoff.umbc.edu